Research Article

Electronic Structure and Physical-Chemistry Property Relationship for Oxazole Derivatives by Ab Initio and DFT Methods

Table 4

Energies of oxazole and methyl-substituted oxazoles.

CompoundSystemHeat of formation (kcal/mol)−HOMO (eV)LUMO (eV)ΔE (eV) (D)

1Oxazole −1.58 9.534 4.491 14.024 1.58
22-methyl oxazole −10.57 9.180 4.629 13.811 1.38
34-methyl oxazole −11.22 9.222 4.678 13.900 1.35
45-methyl oxazole −10.40 9.064 4.691 13.755
52,4-dimethyl oxazole −20.19 8.908 4.804 13.709 1.06
62,5-dimethyl oxazole −19.32 8.747 4.801 13.578 1.88
74,5-dimethyl oxazole −19.95 8.780 4.854 13.634 1.89
82,4,5-trimethyl oxazole −28.86 8.497 4.956 13.454 1.57

ΔE and (D) by ab initio.